Kanepi Parish

Kanepi Parish
Kanepi vald
Kanepi church
Kanepi church
Kanepi Parish flag
Kanepi Parish coat of arms
Kanepi Parish within Põlva County
Kanepi Parish within Põlva County
CountryEstonia
County Põlva
Administrative centreKanepi
Government
 • Municipality GovernorPiret Rammul (unaffiliated)
Area
 • Total524.68 km2 (202.58 sq mi)
Population
 (01.01.2020)
 • Total4,662
 • Density8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEE-284
Websitewww.kanepi.kovtp.ee
Drone video of a hemp themed maze in a hemp (kanep in Estonian) field in Kanepi parish, Estonia (August 2022)

Kanepi Parish (Estonian: Kanepi vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of 524.68 km2 (202.58 sq mi).[1] The administrative centre is Kanepi.

It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, and Kanepi Parish.

  1. ^ "Kanepi rural municipality". Statistics Estonia. Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 7 January 2021.